Convent of Mercy — Main Street

National school complex, dated 1878 and 1923, comprising two detached six-bay single-storey blocks, with earlier block situated to rear (northeast), having lower pitched roofed single-bay single-storey porches to gable ends (northwest and southeast_. Gabled central breakfront to front block (southwest) and gabled two-bay single-storey return to rear of rear block (northeast). Pitched slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks to gable ends, decorative timber bargeboards to gables and wrought-iron cross finial to central breakfront. Lined-and-ruled render walls with decorative render edging. Carved limestone date plaque to northeast block. Round-headed niche with render surround comprising pilasters, arch and hood moulding with raised lettering, render base and cast plaster statue. Segmental-headed window openings with limestone sills, chamfered render surrounds and timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two pane to northeast block and one-over-one pane to southwest block. Round-headed window openings to gables with limestone sills, render surrounds and plate glass windows. Segmental-headed door openings with chamfered render surrounds and replacement timber and metal doors. Set back from the road with rendered boundary walls having dressed limestone piers with carved limestone caps. Located to the northwest end of Ballymahon.